#AEB4BD#AEB4BD

#AEB4BD is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.014 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4BD
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(216, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(216, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -0.33, -5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 5.30, 266.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0029 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.014 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9602, 45.3149, 54.6176)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4BD #BDB7AE

analogous

#AEBBBD #AEB4BD #AFAEBD

triadic

#AEB4BD #BDAEB4 #B4BDAE

tetradic

#AEB4BD #BDAEBB #BDB7AE #AEBDAF

square

#AEB4BD #BDAEBB #BDB7AE #AEBDAF

split-complementary

#AEB4BD #BDAFAE #BBBDAE

monochromatic

#6C7685 #8C95A2 #AEB4BD #D0D3D8 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#AEB4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#AEB4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4BD

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4BD	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.014 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cad0',
    500: '#aeb4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4bd;
$custom-light: #c6cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76794,
    "c": 0.01448,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4BD

secondary

#E5E4E1

accent

#795194

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4BD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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